mast deck step

I found I have a broken piece of my deck step. And it looks like another crack has formed and I will have an even bigger piece missing. Could this be an issue with too much tension on my forestay, not enough on my backstay? Or is it possibly a compression post issue at the deck level? Is the rig at risk at this point? And no, I have no idea why the previous owner put a stainless hinge plate there. Also, what is the trick to putting a photo directly into the body of the email instead of having to add an attachment? Bob Connell "Jollygood!", Cal 31, #59 Shilshole Bay, WA

I think you have stainless and aluminum against each other. That rots the aluminum. Probably just replace the aluminum piece and insulate the two or remove the stainless. Allen On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Bob Connell <jo… [at] yahoo.com>wrote: > ** > > [Attachment(s) <#13e05813480ee4dc_TopText> from Bob Connell included > below] > > I found I have a broken piece of my deck step. And it looks like another crack > has formed and I will have an even bigger piece missing. Could this be an > issue with too much tension on my forestay, not enough on my backstay? Or > is it possibly a compression post issue at the deck level? Is the rig at > risk at this point? And no, I have no idea why the previous owner put a > stainless hinge plate there. > > Also, what is the trick to putting a photo directly into the body of the > email instead of having to add an attachment? > > > Bob Connell > "Jollygood!", Cal 31, #59 > Shilshole Bay, WA > > >

the hinge could be for tabernakeling (sp)..edward (helen) --- On Sat, 4/13/13, Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> wrote: From: Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] mast deck step To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 5:30 PM I think you have stainless and aluminum against each other. That rots the aluminum. Probably just replace the aluminum piece and insulate the two or remove the stainless. Allen On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Bob Connell <jo… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: [Attachment(s) from Bob Connell included below] I found I have a broken piece of my deck step. And it looks like another crack has formed and I will have an even bigger piece missing. Could this be an issue with too much tension on my forestay, not enough on my backstay? Or is it possibly a compression post issue at the deck level? Is the rig at risk at this point? And no, I have no idea why the previous owner put a stainless hinge plate there. Also, what is the trick to putting a photo directly into the body of the email instead of having to add an attachment? Bob Connell "Jollygood!", Cal 31, #59 Shilshole Bay, WA